Roll picker



March 21, 1939. w B, JACKSON 2,151,111

ROLL PICKER Filed Dec. 25, 1937 5 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor mfic'azz/ M Attorneys March 21, 1939. WY B. JACKSON ROLL PICKER Filed Dec. 25, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Afforneys March 21, 1939. WY B, JACKSON ROLL PTCKER Filed Dec. 23, 1937 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Attorneys Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIeE ROLL PICKER William B. Jackson, Monroe, Ga.

Application December 23, 1937, Serial No. 181,408

3 Claims.

This invention is a device for use in the textile industry, and more particularly is designed for removing waste cotton from rolls on long and/ or short draft textile machines, such as, for example, spinning frames, feeders, drawing frames, etc.; the parts illustrated being shown in one position by full lines and in a second position by dotted lines.

An object of the invention is to provide a labor saving device of this character and which will insure a thorough cleaning of the roll of waste cotton.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection With the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the device.

Figure 2 is an end elevational View thereof.

Figure 3 is a View partly in section and partly, in elevation illustrating certain features hereinafter more fully referred to.

Figures 4 and 5 are detailed sectional views taken substantially on the lines 4-4 and 55 respectively of Fig. 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the head end of an ejector element.

Figure '7 is a detail elevational view showing the manner in which the needle of the device operates in removing waste cotton from a roll.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the needle and Figure 9 is a fragmentary detail view taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings more in detail it will be seenthat in the preferred. embodiment 35 thereof the device comprises a barrel 5 provided at one end with an apertured flange 6 through the medium of which and rivets or other fastening elements I the barrel 5 is mounted on the casing of an electric motor 8. 40 At the end thereof remote from the flange 6 barrel 5 is provided with a lateral, and downwardly directed fixed handle 9.

Extending longitudinally of the barrel 5 is an elongated needle In which at one end is provided with a working terminal II that is substantially rectangular in cross section or end elevation as will be clear from a study of Fig. 7. At the opposite end thereof the needle I is enlarged and provided with a socket I2 which receives an end of the motor shaft I3 as shown in Fig. 3. The socket end of the needle is secured to the shaft I3 through the medium of a set screw I4 as shown.

Slidable longitudinally of the needle I0 is a tubular ejector rod I which at one end is provided with a cone like head I6. the junction of the shank I5 and head I6 there is provided a shoulder I1 that normally abuts against the barrel 5.

The ejector shank I5 is normally urged inwardly of the barrel 5 through the medium of a coil spring I8. The spring I8 is disposed about the shank I5 and at one end bears against one end of the barrel 5 while at an opposite end thereof the spring bears against a handle 20 provided for the ejector shank. The handle 20 extends in parallelism to the handle 9 and is accommodated in a longitudinal slot 2I provided there for in barrel 5 as shown in Fig. 3.

In use the device is held with the needle point I I in operative position to the roll 22 of the textile machine, and from which the waste cotton 23 is to be picked. With the needle point II held relative to the roll 22 and in the position suggested in Figs. 1 and 7 the revolving point or end II of the needle will engage cotton causing the latter to wrap thereabout as it is being picked or pulled from the surface of the roll.

To remove the cotton accumulated on the needle point I I the operator in any suitable man ner forces the handle 28 against the action of the spring I8 toward the handle 9 and to substantially the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3.. This causes the shank I5 and head I6 to move longitudinally of the needle I0 and obviously as the head I6 slides over the point I I of the needle to substantially the dotted line position of the needle shown in Fig. 3, the cotton on the point I I. will be forced therefrom.

Thus it will be seen that the needle point II may be quickly and easily cleaned of the cotton accumulating thereon and thus placed in condition for the next roll cleaning operation.

It will thus be seen that with a device of this character the waste cotton, which is now generally removed from the roll by hand, may be more quickly and effectively removed with less manual labor.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, a handle equipped barrel, an elongated needle extending longitudinally of the barrel and having a working end disposed exteriorly of the barrel and a second end connected to means for rotating the needle, an ejector member slidable on said needle longitudinally of the latter, means engaged with the ejector member normally urging the latter to a retracted position relative to the exposed end of said needle, and said ejector member having a cured to said end of the motor shaft, a tubular rod disposed on the needle longitudinally thereof and within said barrel, said tubular rod having a head on one end adapted to be moved longitudinally of the working end of the needle for removing accumulations from said end of the needle, a handle on the inner end of said tubular rod and extending therefrom in parallelism to the handle on said barrel, and a spring housed within said barrel and having an end bearing against the handle equipped end of said tubular rod for normally urging the latter inwardly of said barrel and said head to a retracted position relative to the working end of said needle.

3. In a hand tool of the character described, a. power driven rotary needle, an ejector member slidable on said needle longitudinally of the latter, said ejector member having a head fitting snugly about the needle for engaging and forcing accumulations of work o-fi the needle at one end of the latter, said ejector member also having a handle extending laterally therefrom to facilitate longitudinal shifting movement of the ejector member relative tosaid needle, and a spring device, connected with said ejector and normally urging the latter longitudinally in one direction and to retracted position with respect to the working end of said needle.

WILLIAM B. JACKSON. 

